Will Young discography
A man in a pink t-shirt smiling and holding a microphone
Will Young during an interview at Glastonbury, 2008
Studio albums8
Compilation albums4
Video albums2
Music videos28
EPs2
Singles33

The discography of Will Young, an English singer who rose to fame when he won the first series of Pop Idol in 2001 contains eight studio albums, four compilation albums, two extended plays (EPs), thirty-three singles, and twenty-eight music videos. Young's debut single was a double A-side, "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", released in 2002. This became the fastest-selling debut single in UK chart history going straight to number one and going on to sell over 1.8 million copies. In the Top 40 Biggest Selling Singles of the 21st Century (so far) published by the Official Charts Company, "Evergreen" topped the list. In October 2002 Young released his debut album, From Now On, which included "Evergreen" and "Anything Is Possible", "Light My Fire", "The Long and Winding Road" (a duet with Gareth Gates, released as a double A-side with Gates's song "Suspicious Minds") and "Don't Let Me Down"/"You and I" (released in aid of Children in Need).

Young's second album Friday's Child was released in December 2003. It features the singles "Leave Right Now", "Your Game" and "Friday's Child". In November 2005 Young released his third album, Keep On, which included the singles "All Time Love", "Switch It On" and "Who Am I". In September 2008 Young's fourth album, Let It Go was released and it peaked at number two. Singles released were "Changes", "Grace", "Let It Go" and "Tell Me the Worst".

Young released his first greatest hits collection, The Hits, in November 2009, a compilation of his greatest singles between 2002 and 2009, including two brand new compositions. His fifth studio album, Echoes, released 22 August 2011 became his first number-one album since 2003, producing four singles. His sixth studio album, 85% Proof, was released on 25 May 2015 on Island Records, which he signed to in 2012. After a four-year break, Lexicon was released on 21 June 2019. Young's latest, his eighth studio album Crying on the Bathroom Floor was released on 6 August 2021. All of Young's studio albums have debuted in the top 3 of the UK Albums Chart.

Albums

Studio albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions, sales, and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
GER
[2]
IRE
[3]
NLD
[4]
SWI
[5]
From Now On 1621123
Friday's Child
  • Released: 1 December 2003
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, BMG
  • Formats: CD
1948
  • BPI: 5× Platinum[6]
Keep On
  • Released: 21 November 2005
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
23385
Let It Go
  • Released: 29 September 2008
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony BMG
  • Formats: CD, digital download
212
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
Echoes
  • Released: 22 August 2011[8]
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
112
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
85% Proof
  • Released: 25 May 2015
  • Label: Island
  • Formats: CD, digital download
138
Lexicon 27384
Crying on the Bathroom Floor
  • Released: 6 August 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: CD, digital download, vinyl, cassette
3
"—" denotes album that did not chart or was not released

Compilation albums

Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1]
SCO
[3]
US
Heat.

[9]
The Hits
  • Released: 16 November 2009
  • Labels: 19 Recordings, RCA, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
7
  • BPI: 2× Platinum[6]
  • IRMA: Gold[10]
Leave Right Now
  • Released: 8 May 2010
  • Labels: 19, Jive, Sony Music
  • Formats: CD, digital download
13
The Essential
  • Released: 11 November 2013
  • Label: RCA
  • Formats: CD, digital download
15
20 Years: The Greatest Hits
  • Released: 27 May 2022[11]
  • Label: Sony Music
  • Formats: 2×CD, digital download, vinyl
65

Video albums

Extended plays

Title EP details
Summer Covers
  • Released: 26 August 2016[12]
  • Label: Will Young
  • Formats: CD, vinyl, digital download
Crying on the Bathroom Floor: Remix EP
  • Released: 4 November 2021
  • Label: Cooking Vinyl
  • Formats: Digital download, streaming

Singles

Year Single Peak chart positions Certifications
(sales thresholds)
Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[13][14]
BEL
[15]
GER
[16]
IRE
[3]
ITA
NL
[17]
NZ
[18]
SWE
[19]
US
2002 "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" 12
  • BPI: 3× Platinum[6]
From Now On
"Light My Fire" 160445421
"The Long and Winding Road" (with Gareth Gates) 14
"Don't Let Me Down" 227
"You and I" 53283
2003 "Leave Right Now" 163641273629681
  • BPI: Platinum[6]
Friday's Child
2004 "Your Game" 3816610
"Friday's Child" 431
2005 "Switch It On" 523 Keep On
2006 "All Time Love" 36912
"Who Am I" 1121
2008 "Changes" 1028 Let It Go
"Grace" 33
2009 "Let It Go" 58
"Hopes & Fears" 65 The Hits
2011 "Jealousy" 56823 Echoes
"Come On" 83
2012 "Losing Myself" 72
"I Just Want a Lover"
2015 "Love Revolution" 10373 85% Proof
"Thank You"
"Joy"
"What the World Needs Now"
2019 "All the Songs"[20] [lower-alpha 1] Lexicon
"My Love"[22] [lower-alpha 2]
2021 "Daniel"[24] [lower-alpha 3] Crying on the Bathroom Floor
"Elizabeth Taylor"[26]
"Crying on the Bathroom Floor"[27]
2022 "Why Does It Hurt"[28] [lower-alpha 4] 20 Years: The Greatest Hits

Promotional singles

Year Single
2009 "Tell Me the Worst" (Club promo)
2011 "The Way I See"[30]
2016 "Amy"[31]
2019 "Christmas Time"[32]
2021 "Strong"
2022 "Breaking Free"

Other appearances

Year Song Other performer(s) Film / Album
2002 "Beyond the Sea" Pop Idol: The Big Band Album
"I Won't Dance"
2004 "Your Love Is King" Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason
2005 "Letting in the Sunshine" Mrs. Henderson Presents
"Goody Goody" Camille O'Sullivan
"The Blitz: Bombing" / "The Grecian Frieze" / "Defiance"
"All the Things You Are"
"The Sails of the Windmill" Camille O'Sullivan
"Girl in the Little Green Hat"
2006 "Hey Ya!" Radio 1's Live Lounge
2010 "History" Groove Armada Black Light
2011 "Running Up that Hill" Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2011
2013 "Hanging on the Telephone" Dermot O'Leary Presents The Saturday Sessions 2013
2019 "I Only Want to Be with You" Emma Bunton My Happy Place

Notes

  1. "All the Songs" did not enter the Official UK Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 24 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.[21]
  2. "My Love" did not enter the Official UK Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 91 on the Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100.[23]
  3. "Daniel" did not enter the Official UK Top 100 Chart, but peaked at number 31 on the Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100.[25]
  4. "Why Does It Hurt" did not enter the Official UK Top 100 Chart, but debuted at number 87 on the Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100.[29]

References

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  2. "Chartverfolgung / Young, Will / Longplay" (in German). musicline.de PhonoNet. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  3. 1 2 3 "Irish Charts > Will Young". irish-charts.com Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  4. "Dutch Charts > Will Young". dutchharts.nl. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  5. "Discografie Will Young". hitparade.ch. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "British certifications – Will Young". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 8 March 2022. Type Will Young in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  7. "IRMA 2005 Certification Awards". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  8. "Echoes". Amazon UK. 22 August 2011.
  9. "Will Young Chart History: Heatseekers Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 23 June 2010.
  10. "IRMA 2009 Certification Awards". Irish Recorded Music Association. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  11. Griffiths, George (25 October 2021). "Will Young announces new album 20 Years – The Greatest Hits to celebrate Pop Idol anniversary". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 October 2021.
  12. "Summer Covers (2016) – Will Young – High Quality Music Downloads – 7digital United Kingdom". 26 August 2016.
  13. "The ARIA Report – Week Commencing: 15th March 2004 – Issue No: 733" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 April 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  14. "The ARIA Report – Week Commencing: 24th May 2004 – Issue No: 743" (PDF). ARIA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 June 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  15. "Will Young Belgium (Flanders) singles discography". ultratop.be/nl/. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  16. "Will Young German singles chart history". musicline.de. Retrieved 8 June 2011.
  17. "Dutch Album Charts > Will Young". dutchharts.nl Hung Medien. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  18. "Will Young New Zealand singles discography". charts.nz/. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  19. "Will Young Swedish singles discography". swedishcharts.com/. Retrieved 18 September 2009.
  20. White, Jack (21 March 2019). "Will Young signs new record deal and announces his seventh studio album". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  21. "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 29 March 2019 - 04 April 2019". Official Charts. 29 March 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  22. "Will Young debuts new single My Love". Entertainment Focus. 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 June 2019.
  23. "Official Singles Downloads Chart Top 100 31 May 2019 - 06 June 2019". Official Charts. 31 May 2019. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
  24. Copsey, Rob (26 April 2021). "Will Young announces new album Crying On The Bathroom Floor, unveils lead single Daniel". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 27 April 2021.
  25. "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100: 07 May 2021 - 13 May 2021". Official Charts. 7 May 2021. Retrieved 19 May 2021.
  26. "Will Young Unveils New Single "Elizabeth Taylor"". stereoboard. 28 May 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  27. "Will Young Posts Title Track Of Upcoming Album Crying on the Bathroom Floor". stereoboard. 8 July 2021. Retrieved 10 July 2021.
  28. "Will Young returns with new track 'Why Does It Hurt' from 20th anniversary Greatest Hits LP". Retropop Magazine. 15 April 2022. Retrieved 15 April 2022.
  29. "Official Singles Sales Chart Top 100: 13 May 2022 - 19 May 2022". Official Charts. 13 May 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  30. Released as a free download exclusively to Amazon as a taster for the parents album, Echoes. | https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B005EOZ1U6
  31. "Amy (2016) Will Young". 7 Digital. 21 July 2016. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  32. "Christmas Time (2020) Will Young". 7 Digital. 22 November 2019. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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